English » Spotting Errors

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

It was a surprising / to receive the gift/ from my brother.

A

to receive the gift

B

from my brother

C

It was a surprising

D

No error

Solution

option C has the erroneous part, 

it was a surprising should be replaced by it was a surprise 

as article a should be followed by a noun and not an adjective (surprising)